Rooney's Presidential Election Rankings

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It may have been pointless, but it was the first election under the new rules.

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Of all the re-match elections, this is your pick? 1832, 1900, 1944, 1940, 1956, and 1984 are all worse/ more boring.

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Both 1940 and 1944 were pretty easy victories for FDR, and it was very obvious he was going to win in both years. Wilkie and Dewey did better than Landon, but there wasn't much of a challenge between the two elections. Besides, who would, as Lincoln put it, switch horses in the middle of the stream?

1832 had Jackson win easily against someone who made a deal to keep Jackson out of office, if anything the previous election was the re-alignment.

1900 was another failed attempt by William J. Bryan. I guess this should be a little higher for Theodore Roosevelt, though.

1956 of course is 1996 in 40 years; a peacetime election with a popular president.

Jesus couldn't beat Reagan in 1984. Reagan was at the height of his popularity at that point. The Democrats couldn't get anyone good enough to oppose Reagan.

Also, since Rooney posted again, 1792 has got to be one of the least important too.

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Will 1860 be number one or not?

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That last sentence is a nice summary of some of these low-ranked elections.

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It must be hard for you to do these rankings at this point.

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I think this one probably should be lower. Unpopular Democrat dies before he could even lose properly? Compare 1888, which was stolen, but from the Democrats by the Democrats.

Tell me, which one is more interesting?

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About how much research did you put into this?

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Why isn't 1932 above 2012? That's a pretty important election.